Sheboygan South outscored Manitowoc Lincoln 37-29 in the 2nd half of their FRCC Boys basketball game and the visiting Redwings escaped with a 69-66 victory at JFK Fieldhouse.
The Ships were in the lead 37-32 at the half, but South got to the free throw line 16-times in the final half, converting 13 of them.
Lincoln was only 2 of 3 from the charity stripe over the last 18-minutes.
Marcel Drone and Josh Govek combined for 51 of Sheboygan’s points, with Drone scoring a career high 26 and Govek added 25 points.
The Ships, who had their 5 game win streak ended, were led by Justin Steinbecker with 21-points Mason Dopirak chipped in 19 and Josh Hoffman contributed 10-points.
Lincoln falls to 9-7, and 6-6 in the FRCC. Coach Jesse Shaw’s team improves to 8-7, and 6-6 in conference.
The Ships captured the JV game 52-49.
Meanwhile, the Two Rivers Boys had a road trip to Sheboygan Falls last night.
The Raiders scored the first 4 points of the game, but the Falcons took control after that and never looked back, winning 76-45.
A big reason for their win is the success Sheboygan Falls had from beyond the arc. Connor Spielvogel connected on six en-route to a 20 point night.
Cam Daffner lead the Raiders with 20 points of his own.
The Falcons are now 13-3 overall and 8-1 in the EWC, while the Raiders fall to 6-10 overall and 2-7 in league play.
